Fred Armisen

Case in point: The highly respected Peabody Awards are going all glitzy and self-important.

The Peabodys used to announce their winners in electronic media simply, without pretension, and hand them out at a luncheon.

No more. Now the Peabodys want to be the Academy Awards or the Emmys.

The Peabodys will have an evening gala -- complete with red carpet -- in New York.

The Peabodys said in a release: "The May 31 ceremony in New York will have a spectacular new venue: the Greek revival special-events palace Cipriani Wall Street. For the first time, the ceremony will be a stylish,...

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